NYT: Rare photo of snow leopard in Afghanistan

[Cougarcat]

Check this out! It's a gorgeous photo of a snow leopard, coincidentally published today (http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/28/rare-photo-of-snow-leopard-in-afghanistan/?partner=rss&emc=rss) . :) Snow leopards are notoriously difficult to photograph.

[Abstract]

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. :o Or worse, a photoshopped photo.

[jmann]

Beautiful? Yes Coincidence? Maybe.

[SactoGuy18]

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. :o Or worse, a photoshopped photo.

You should look at the reader comments in the article--they're wondering the same thing, too. ;)

[CorvusCamenarum]

A friend of mine works at a zoo with big cats - she's going to love this.

[niuniu]

Also thought this was going to be a SL joke :p

[anjinha]

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. :o Or worse, a photoshopped photo.

Also thought this was going to be a SL joke :p

You're all a bunch of geeks. :p

[jaw04005]

To be honest, I never realized snow leopards were endangered until Apple decided to name their OS after them. I hope they throw a few million toward the Snow Leopard Trust as a goodwill gesture.

[Designer Dale]

Interesting videos and info on the real big cat at these links.

http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/captive/snowleopards.htm

http://snowleopard.org/about

Dale

[Marble]

What a handsome animal.

[Gregg2]

Also thought this was going to be a SL joke :p

So did I. And I'm not Greek.

[Cougarcat]

To be honest, I never realized snow leopards were endangered until Apple decided to name their OS after them. I hope they throw a few million toward the Snow Leopard Trust as a goodwill gesture.

I wish they would. All of Apple's big cats are endangered, but they haven't done anything. Maybe when OS X is on its way out and the last big cat name is announced, they'll announce something. That would be cool.

If you want to read an amazing book about big cat conservation, I recommend checking out Life In the Valley of Death (http://www.amazon.com/Life-Valley-Death-Fight-Tigers/dp/1597261297)by Alan Rabinowitz. He essentially convinced a dictatorship to create the largest tiger reservation in the world (while battling cancer at the same time). Very inspirational story.

[laughingperson5]

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Win... I think. But still awesome comment. :D

[leomac08]

wow! OP u really fool me there, (thinking i would see a 10.6 snow leopard, not a real one!!!!!! lmao!!!!!!)

the snow leopard is amazing :D

[chrono1081]

Aw..Pretty kitty :)

Hopefully when they get hungry they feed on the terrorists hiding up in those mountains ;)

[leomac08]

Aw..Pretty kitty :)

Hopefully when they get hungry they feed on the terrorists hiding up in those mountains ;)

lmfao!

[ucfgrad93]

What a beautiful animal.

[tabasco70]

Geez, I thought this was going to be a joke, and we'd see a photo of Afghanis waving around their copies of OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. :o Or worse, a photoshopped photo.


WIN


The snow leopard pictures in National Geographic are also really nice.

[BuiltforSin]

What a beautiful animal.

This.